The largest coal reserves are in the United States Russia China Australia and India. Who has the best coal in the world? China China is the global leader in coal production by an incredible margin producing 3 474 metric tonnes (mt) in 2018 rising by 2.9% for the second year running but down from its peak of 3 749mt in 2013.
The reserve list specifies different types of coal and includes countries with at least 0.1% share of the estimated world's proven coal reserves. All data are taken from the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) via BP; all numbers are in million tonnes.
A coal mine in Wyoming, United States. The country has the world's largest coal reserves. Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements; chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
A coal mine in Wyoming, United States. The country has the world's largest coal reserves. Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.
Countries by coal reserve Rank Country Anthracite & bituminous Anthracite & bituminous Subbituminous & lignite Tonnes (mil) % Tonnes (mil) % Tonnes (mil) 1 United States 220,167 30% 30,052 2 Russia 69,634 9.5% 90,730 3 Australia 70,927 9.7% 76,508 27 more rows ...
List of world countries by Coal Consumption in million cubic feet (MMcf) and per capita.
The world’s two largest coal consuming countries in 2021 were also the world’s two most populous nations: China and India, at 86.2 and 20.1 exajoules consumed, respectively.
This is a list of countries by coal production, based mostly on the Statistical Review of World Energy, ranking countries with coal production larger than 5 million tonnes as of 2020.
List of world countries by proven Coal Reserves in million cubic feet (MMcf) and per capita.
Unlike "resources", which is the amount that could technically be extracted, according to BP "total proved reserves of coal" is "generally taken to be those quantities that geological and engineering information indicates with reasonable certainty can be recovered in the future from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions". Thus, like oil reserves, coal reserves can vary with coal and carbon prices. There are various definitions of "reserve".
The reserve list specifies different types of coal and includes countries with at least 0.1% share of the estimated world's proven coal reserves. All data are taken from the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) via BP; all numbers are in million tonnes.
As a fossil fuel burned for heat, coal supplies about a quarter of the world's primary energy and two-fifths of its electricity.
Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements; chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Thus, like oil reserves, coal reserves can vary with coal and carbon prices. There are various definitions of "reserve". Unlike hardcoal, which is sometimes traded internationally, because of its low value lignite is not traded away from the place where it is mined.